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My Golden seems to be in pain and hunches his back.

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      tricia
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      About 8 months ago, Charlie, my 8 year old Golden, started hunching his back, dropped his head low and limped. He would not lay down, only sit. I took him to MS State Vet school and they did an MRI on his neck area. Found nothing. Sent him home for 2 weeks of complete rest and Valiun, muscles relaxers and pain pills. He did get better. However, on occasssion it comes back but not as severe. He doesn’t limp, barely hunches his back be I can tell he’s in some pain. I give him the muscle relaxers and it helps. I do not think the limp or the lowered head had anything to do with the pain in that area. I think he was compensating for something else. Back?? Intestine?? Internal?? During these “episodes”, he does eat well and goes to the bathroom regularly. Time before last a two minute EASY swim triggered it. This weekend an easy walk did it. I’m BAFFLED!! I don’t know much about bloating, but the 1st time it happened, I made my vet do a stomach x-ray on his stomach, it was fine. Just a small gas “pocket”. Should I request a CT Scan??? Any suggestions???? Thanks in advance Golden friends!!

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      tnation04
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      Your question hits home for us. We recently lost Winston, our 8 year old Golden, to cancer. He had a tumor in his head. We noticed that he had trouble getting up and began walking with his head down – as you describe. After taking him to the vet, we found out that Winston did have a thyroid (hypothyroid) issue that was corrected with medicine. We also had a biopsy of a mass in his ear that came back malignant. You describe a “hunch” and a limp. Winston did limp after short walks around the block (as when walking on pavement) and did walk “carefully” and had episodes of uncoordination in his legs. His arthritis pills (Previcox), did temporarily help his limp and coordination but eventually Winston was unable to move his back legs. It was less than a year before noticing his symptoms until we said good bye.

      I hope you can find out what is hurting Charlie.

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        Anonymous
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        We are experiencing what you recently went through. Our 8 y.o. Cooper had an ear bleeding so we took him to the vet thinking he has scratched himself too hard. Long story short, MRI, biopsy and chest scan show he has advanced cancer

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